Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

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An amazing plane. I find it incredible that they leak fuel so quickly on the ground, but then it seals up nice and tight when running at speed.

A really excellent read about this plane from a pilot can be found here:
http://gizmodo.com/5511236/the-thrill-of-flying-the-sr+71-blackbird

Excuse the Gizmodo link - this was before they went to shit. The story is really awesome and worth a read.

👍︎︎ 30 👤︎︎ u/rarebit13 📅︎︎ May 19 2011 🗫︎ replies

"Burnt-hotdog-oxide" is my new technical term for the day.

👍︎︎ 26 👤︎︎ u/nooneelse 📅︎︎ May 19 2011 🗫︎ replies

I wonder why a requirement to fly the plane is to be married... Perhaps to mitigate possible defectors?

👍︎︎ 17 👤︎︎ u/RPLLL 📅︎︎ May 19 2011 🗫︎ replies

Honestly my favorite plane of all time. Just a beautiful design all around. There's a really good book out there, Sled Driver I think, that's actually out of print right now. I've been trying to get my hands on a copy for a long time now.

👍︎︎ 5 👤︎︎ u/asimovs_engineer 📅︎︎ May 19 2011 🗫︎ replies

So cool that the CIA used a front company to buy all the titanium from the Soviet Union. Suck it, Ruskies!

👍︎︎ 5 👤︎︎ u/seanjohntx 📅︎︎ May 19 2011 🗫︎ replies

Why can't they just have some sort of temporary takeoff fuel tank, achieve liftoff, transfer fuel from the temporary tank to the in-flight tank, eject the temporary tank, and fly normally? Any ideas?

👍︎︎ 4 👤︎︎ u/bojangles69 📅︎︎ May 19 2011 🗫︎ replies

D.A.Y.R.L. didn't have such a ground crew. I finally see the flaw in that film. :p

👍︎︎ 3 👤︎︎ u/kurtu5 📅︎︎ May 20 2011 🗫︎ replies

That's a plane, not an office. Not sure how you could make that mistake.

👍︎︎ 12 👤︎︎ u/[deleted] 📅︎︎ May 19 2011 🗫︎ replies

My granddad worked on this baby back in the day. Unfortunately he had to have open heart surgery a week and a half ago, but he already gets up and putters around on some days. Thanks for posting this.

👍︎︎ 2 👤︎︎ u/laurench 📅︎︎ May 19 2011 🗫︎ replies
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Channel: jaglavaksoldier
Views: 5,377,757
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Keywords: Lockheed, SR-71, Blackbird, strategic, reconnaissance, YF-12A, Skunk, Works, Habu, USAF, combat, aircraft, 9th, SRW, Mach, air, command, SAC
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Length: 7min 15sec (435 seconds)
Published: Tue Dec 23 2008
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